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lindsey graham of south carolina, john cornyn in texas. the divide in the republican party is playing out in this debate. >> they have to be tough on hagel so they don't get a primary challenge saying you're not a real republican. >> senator graham is saying he wants more answers on benghazi. that has nothing to do with senator hagel. it seems to me, even some republican party elders, thinks it's not wise politics. bill cohen, former secretary of defense, bob gates, former republican secretary of defense, says it's not good for the party or the country. >> lindsey graham may have a republican primary challenge. in the last analysis, very quickly, do you think hagel becomes the new secretary of defense? >> i think he would probably bet that he will but one thing we know, we've seen it happen time and time again, when you leave something hanging like this, you never know what is going to pop up. >> twisting in the wind. ok. jeff, karen, todd, eamon, the state of our panel is strong. thanks to all of you. that will wrap it up for all of us to
lindsey graham of south carolina, john cornyn in texas. the divide in the republican party is playing out in this debate. >> they have to be tough on hagel so they don't get a primary challenge saying you're not a real republican. >> senator graham is saying he wants more answers on benghazi. that has nothing to do with senator hagel. it seems to me, even some republican party elders, thinks it's not wise politics. bill cohen, former secretary of defense, bob gates, former...
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. >> lindsey graham. >> he will do whatever he can to head off a possible opponent from the right, and that means going after president obama on everything, everything, everything. this is the guy who famously said, "i don't trust susan rice over benghazi." >> susan collins voted to move this thing forward, but she says she will vote against his nomination. >> that is party discipline. >> is she worried about a challenge? >> i don't think she is worried about a challenge. i think the leadership wants to stick it to obama, they view chuck hagel as a heretic. if a democrat had the same views as chuck hagel, which john kerry did and he only had three votes against him, but this was one of their own. they are very put out about that. >> on fox news, john mccain recall that hagel was very rough on president bush, said that the surge in iraq one was the biggest mistake since vietnam, and that is the reason republicans are down on him. >> john mccain has been shifting positions this week. he is against the filibuster but wants to delay. this thing walks like a filibuster, quacks like a filibu
. >> lindsey graham. >> he will do whatever he can to head off a possible opponent from the right, and that means going after president obama on everything, everything, everything. this is the guy who famously said, "i don't trust susan rice over benghazi." >> susan collins voted to move this thing forward, but she says she will vote against his nomination. >> that is party discipline. >> is she worried about a challenge? >> i don't think she is...
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and don't miss tomorrow, chris wallace with rand paul on tea party politics and senator lindsey graham vowed to hold up the hagel nomination and chris will ask him in that in an exclusive interview. check your local listing for time and channel. appreciate you watching. >> a fox news alert. a massive relief effort is underway following that devastating meteor strike in russia crews racing to replace thousands of windows and volunteers distributing warm clothes. the shock wave where the high temperature barely reached 10 degrees fahrenheit. more than 1200 people injured and dozens of them still in the hospital right now. listen to one teacher describe how she kept her students safe burg the moment of impact. >> i told the students to move from the windows and not long after that, the meteor exploded they were all fine, however, when they got back to their seats, a piece of glass flew above their head. i was standing next to the chair and then being pushed to the door. i fell down and didn't know what happened. >> a very harrowing experience, and the divers are on the scene of an icy lak
and don't miss tomorrow, chris wallace with rand paul on tea party politics and senator lindsey graham vowed to hold up the hagel nomination and chris will ask him in that in an exclusive interview. check your local listing for time and channel. appreciate you watching. >> a fox news alert. a massive relief effort is underway following that devastating meteor strike in russia crews racing to replace thousands of windows and volunteers distributing warm clothes. the shock wave where the...
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and don't miss tomorrow, chris wallace with rand paul on tea party politics and senator lindsey graham vowed to hold up the hagel nomination and chris will ask him in that in an exclusive interview. check your local listing for time and channel. appreciate you watching.
and don't miss tomorrow, chris wallace with rand paul on tea party politics and senator lindsey graham vowed to hold up the hagel nomination and chris will ask him in that in an exclusive interview. check your local listing for time and channel. appreciate you watching.
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graham will also be stopping by. he tells chris why he feels it's so important to stand his ground on holding up the hagel nomination. tune in for all of fox news sunday tomorrow morning. check your local listings for time and channel. >>> the march 1 deadline for the sequester is now just a couple of weeks away. a little less. if congress can't strike a deal, it will cause massive across the board spending cuts, including those to the defense department. joining us now are two members of the house armed services committee, republican congressman from utah, rob bishop, and democratic congressman from california, john guaramenti. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> first off, we'll ask congressman, will the sequester happen, in your opinion? >> i hope not. it's going to be devastating not only for the military, but for many, many other programs that people rely on, for example, air traffic controllers, border patrol, lots of programs are going to be very, very seriously impacted and perhaps 750 to a million peo
graham will also be stopping by. he tells chris why he feels it's so important to stand his ground on holding up the hagel nomination. tune in for all of fox news sunday tomorrow morning. check your local listings for time and channel. >>> the march 1 deadline for the sequester is now just a couple of weeks away. a little less. if congress can't strike a deal, it will cause massive across the board spending cuts, including those to the defense department. joining us now are two members...
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. >> kristin, john mccain and lindsey graham say they are holding up the confirmation because they want to get more information on benghazi. what exactly does that have to do with chuck hagel? he was a private citizen at the time. >> what they're doing here is they want some more time to find out things about a number of national security issues. benghazi is not the only thing that's on the table. they're also interested in finding out a little bit more -- there was a speech that then senator hagel gave -- i don't know if he was a senator at the time. but it was supposedly he said some controversial things about israel. there are a number of questions. a lot of these republican senators are saying, i want to see him go to the floor for an up-or-down vote, just not today. senator reid changed what was originally scheduled as a friday vote to, we're going to vote an hour from now. a lot of republicans said, hold on, we're not ready to do this. and that's why you had this vote. i think ultimately a few days are going to pass. he's going to come up for the up-or-down vote. >> can you give a
. >> kristin, john mccain and lindsey graham say they are holding up the confirmation because they want to get more information on benghazi. what exactly does that have to do with chuck hagel? he was a private citizen at the time. >> what they're doing here is they want some more time to find out things about a number of national security issues. benghazi is not the only thing that's on the table. they're also interested in finding out a little bit more -- there was a speech that...
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. >> is this with lindsey graham, who, by the way, looks like they let a 14-year-old into the senate. a man child. that's -- he is a youthful guy. is this really still about benghazi? that's what's amazing about how trying to hold up the hagel thing. i was on plane flying into florida and i was sitting next to someone who was -- let's just say -- a detractor of the president's and he said to me this benghazi thing is going to be bigger than watergate. this was before the election. >> is this at the beginning of the flight on the other hand of the plight? >> sadly in the middle. i realized i had would more hours of this. i was like -- i feel like there are certain -- segment of the republican population that are obsessed by this benghazi thing and that's what i -- i feel like lindsey graham is doing to hold up the hagel thing. then want to leverage this into keeping the conversation about benghazi going which mystify meese. >> seems to me like the hagel obstruction is really kind of pretty raw bad faith. in the sense that a lot of what they want or holding up has nothing to do with any
. >> is this with lindsey graham, who, by the way, looks like they let a 14-year-old into the senate. a man child. that's -- he is a youthful guy. is this really still about benghazi? that's what's amazing about how trying to hold up the hagel thing. i was on plane flying into florida and i was sitting next to someone who was -- let's just say -- a detractor of the president's and he said to me this benghazi thing is going to be bigger than watergate. this was before the election....
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. >> lindsey graham asking whether anyone has been held accountable. anyone fired? paid administrative leave. this happens in washington paid administrative leave they quietly come back to work a little bit later and hope the smoke has cleared. there is still a lot of questions congress is asking of the administration that they haven't had answers from. >> there has been s. a study done by kaiser health news. this comes to us from some crazy outfit called daily caller. it shows that $2 billion of taxpayer money a year is spent on providing aid, medical aid for pregnant illegal immigrants when they show up in the hospital, obviously it is not our style to turn anyone away when they are in labor. to the tune of $2 billion we have been paying for them to have babies keep in mind this is illegal. they are not eligible for receiving federal welfare benefits or shouldn't be. yet, that's where this money is coming from. no one is doing anything about it. >> illegal, yes, because medicaid is not supposed to go to illegal immigrants and to funding if you are not a u.s. citiz
. >> lindsey graham asking whether anyone has been held accountable. anyone fired? paid administrative leave. this happens in washington paid administrative leave they quietly come back to work a little bit later and hope the smoke has cleared. there is still a lot of questions congress is asking of the administration that they haven't had answers from. >> there has been s. a study done by kaiser health news. this comes to us from some crazy outfit called daily caller. it shows that...
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the better he looks, the worse these characters, inhofe, cruz, mccain, and lindsey graham, are determined to look. did you notice the smile on john boehner's face sitting up there behind the president during the state of the union? if you did, you're imagining things. so afraid of the hard hating right of republicans these days of every stripe, even boehner's scared to death of looking like he might like something barack obama had to say. to do that is to risk political death in these days. let's go at it. our guests are joy reid of the grio and michael steele, former chairman of the republican national committee. both are msnbc analysts and good ones. let's take a look at this. is this delay on the hagel vote about playing for time hoping new information comes out about them? "the new york times" reports today that anti-hagel groups are right now hoping for exactly that. quote, leaders of these groups said in interviews that they expected their efforts to include more phone calls urging conservative voters to tell their senators to vote no, new efforts to unearth embarrassing details fro
the better he looks, the worse these characters, inhofe, cruz, mccain, and lindsey graham, are determined to look. did you notice the smile on john boehner's face sitting up there behind the president during the state of the union? if you did, you're imagining things. so afraid of the hard hating right of republicans these days of every stripe, even boehner's scared to death of looking like he might like something barack obama had to say. to do that is to risk political death in these days....
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>> we'll have lindsey graham leading the charge to get information about benghazi and then we'll talk to senator rand paul. he gave the tea party response to the republican response to the president's speech. he's critical of both the obama agenda and also the republican agenda. we'll talk to him about that. >> going to be an interesting show this weekend. thanks so much. we'll see you here on fox news sunday here on fox 5. >>> coming up next the contest for a good cause, the clef competition that has local students -- clever competition that has local students helping people with disabilities. >>> the maryland students are using simple items like index cards, pvc pipes to make dramatic changes in the lives of others. the group made it to the finals of a national competition and today they had to show off their work. fox 5's beth parker tells us their designs come from the mind and the heart. >> reporter: what these high school kids are setting up has taught them a few things. >> we saw how easy it was to change someone's life. >> reporter: brian, jessica and neil attend pooles
>> we'll have lindsey graham leading the charge to get information about benghazi and then we'll talk to senator rand paul. he gave the tea party response to the republican response to the president's speech. he's critical of both the obama agenda and also the republican agenda. we'll talk to him about that. >> going to be an interesting show this weekend. thanks so much. we'll see you here on fox news sunday here on fox 5. >>> coming up next the contest for a good cause,...
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. >> more than two years ago in november 14, 2011, letter to senator john mccain and lindsey graham. leon panetta warned about the "devastating impact" of the sequester. few in the pentagon thought congress and the white house would take the nation to brink. >> bret: jepper if griffin at pentagon. thank you. u.s. factory production dropped in january after twoson months of gains. stocks finished the week flat. dow was up 8. s&p lost 1-1/2. the answer to the question what happened the night terrorist hit the u.s. facilefy in benghazi, libya, might be what day is it? almost every day brings another detail or revision or contradiction of what we heard earlier. tonight, chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge tells us what we know and what we don't. >> according to a leading republican who said he spoke with clapper, the top intelligence officer. >> i was told by clap they're the president was informed of the attack. >> as if the president wanted anything done, neither clapper office or the security council spokesman addressed the question. >> this is the most transparent adm
. >> more than two years ago in november 14, 2011, letter to senator john mccain and lindsey graham. leon panetta warned about the "devastating impact" of the sequester. few in the pentagon thought congress and the white house would take the nation to brink. >> bret: jepper if griffin at pentagon. thank you. u.s. factory production dropped in january after twoson months of gains. stocks finished the week flat. dow was up 8. s&p lost 1-1/2. the answer to the question...
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he sits down with lindsey graham to talk about the resistance to chuck hagel and plus, rand paul on his tea party response to the state of the union address. i watched it. it was at the national press club after the state of the union. check your local listings and catch chris on sunday. >> a former big city mayor talking about a serious gambling past, spending not just millions but billions. now she's accused of misusing money from her late husband's charity on video poker games. why she may be able to escape a prison sentence. so delicious? because every flake is double-toasted... splashed with sweet honey... and covered in rich double-roasted peanuts. mmm. [ hero ] yummy. [ male announcer ] kellogg's crunchy nut. it's super delicious! to find you a great deal, even if it's not with us. [ ding ] oh, that's helpful! well, our company does that, too. actually, we invented that. it's like a sauna in here. helping you save, even if it's not with us -- now, that's progressive! call or click today. no mas pantalones! >>> a former mayor of san diego just revealed a major gambling habit invol
he sits down with lindsey graham to talk about the resistance to chuck hagel and plus, rand paul on his tea party response to the state of the union address. i watched it. it was at the national press club after the state of the union. check your local listings and catch chris on sunday. >> a former big city mayor talking about a serious gambling past, spending not just millions but billions. now she's accused of misusing money from her late husband's charity on video poker games. why she...
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he is the guy that is maybe going to give lindsey graham a primary chal epg, governor rendell. lindsay graham has been having meetings with the tea partiers, the club for growth. he is intent on solidifying the political base because he is worried about the next election, and if lindsey graham wasn't so worried, maybe there would be more bipartisanship in the upper chamber, and maybe all these legislative -- this kabuk eh dance would never happen brsh. >> that's a hard thinking to do anything about. we had a chance to do something about a procedure that is dysfunctional and basically flawed, and we democrats took a pass on it. i go back to that. we're responsible for this. as to glen's point, glen, i brae agree with you. this was an isolated incident. it's not that big a deal. it's playing out at the same time when you have the head of the nra absolutely delivering one of the most racial overtoned, insane -- >> screeds, i have seen. not one republican standing up and saying this guy is nuts. we don't agree with anything he wrote. we're going to make our decision based on what's
he is the guy that is maybe going to give lindsey graham a primary chal epg, governor rendell. lindsay graham has been having meetings with the tea partiers, the club for growth. he is intent on solidifying the political base because he is worried about the next election, and if lindsey graham wasn't so worried, maybe there would be more bipartisanship in the upper chamber, and maybe all these legislative -- this kabuk eh dance would never happen brsh. >> that's a hard thinking to do...
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graham who stated for the first time that he had been told by the director of national intelligence, james clapper, the nation's top intelligence officer that the president was indeed informed about these two previous attacks on the cans lit in april and june, one of which blew a hole in the wall at the consulate. there is no question on september 11th when the president understood that consulate was under attack he knew about the deteriorating conditions in the months leading up to that, jon. jon: interesting. catherine herridge, good reporting, thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. >> i happened to go in the shower, and it got really really filthy and smelly and really bad. >> it was disgusting. we tried not to eat. she never went down there for days, she didn't want to eat a so she didn't have to use a red bag in a toilet about this high. >> the smell was bad. it got worses longer it went. it wasn't a vacation, it was survival mode. jenna: we are hearing horror stories, thousands of them who lived on a disabled cruise ship, living with no power, overflowing toilets, horrible sme
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. >> lindsey graham is my favorite tennessee protagonist. stephanie: and here he is, doing his catherine help burn impression. >> this is showing a chip on one shoulder about israel, an unhealthy statement to say the least and i think patently false but unnerving to a guy like me. >> all right thanks. stephanie: pardon me? >> summer's eve could sell lindsey graham, he's like brick in cat on a hot tin roof. >> that's not the character i was thinking of. stephanie: the thing we're all wondering, what is jay think? >> people are trying to say that and blame me as being the bad guy causing a filibuster. that's not the case at all. stephanie: just when you think he reached the last level level douche baggery. he was saying there's nothing icky in their entire family tree like divorce or homosexuality. >> that just dares you to run to ancestry.com. stephanie: or go to break up one of their marriages. you got a divorce. oscar lance from fire island, wait a minute. that's one inho oh ff we weren't aware of. >> they keep pulling me back in. you're no
. >> lindsey graham is my favorite tennessee protagonist. stephanie: and here he is, doing his catherine help burn impression. >> this is showing a chip on one shoulder about israel, an unhealthy statement to say the least and i think patently false but unnerving to a guy like me. >> all right thanks. stephanie: pardon me? >> summer's eve could sell lindsey graham, he's like brick in cat on a hot tin roof. >> that's not the character i was thinking of. stephanie:...
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we'll talk on sunday to lindsey graham and to rand paul. i suspect they will both have a lot to say about this in addition to the halg gel nomination and a lot of other issues on capitol hill. bill: looking forward to that. see you sunday morning. chris wallace. anchor of "fox news sunday." see you sunday. here's heather. heather: we're getting new details on that meteor that rained down over russia. look at this. [scream] you heard that blast there. that was actually a sonic boom. we're hearing that many more people are now reported to be hurt. we'll tell you about that. plus we'll show you the very first picture of the crater that meteorite left behind. bill: the forensic tests are in on the charred remains brought out of the cabin in california. that is the former cop chris dorner, that is where he staged his last stand. >> i saw him and i turned around and ran. i don't remember if he said anything. i don't know if i said anything. i saw him, scared as ever felt my life. turned around and ran down the stairs. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i
we'll talk on sunday to lindsey graham and to rand paul. i suspect they will both have a lot to say about this in addition to the halg gel nomination and a lot of other issues on capitol hill. bill: looking forward to that. see you sunday morning. chris wallace. anchor of "fox news sunday." see you sunday. here's heather. heather: we're getting new details on that meteor that rained down over russia. look at this. [scream] you heard that blast there. that was actually a sonic boom....
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so dana, is chuck, is the blockage of chuck hagel's confirmation because of benghazi, as lindsey graham illustrates or is it because of something else? >> reporter: it is mostly because of chuck hagel. benghazi was, they sort of have been on a crusade to get more answers for benghazi and like you see many, many times here in the senate, they saw chuck hagel and his nomination as a way to use that as leverage to get answers and they did, they got an answer about what the president's role was on that day. but really this is mostly about chuck hagel and you know, john mccain is actually the perfect example of why it is about the man himself, and that is he said last night after he had kind of given lots of different explanations, all of them i think are credible from his point of view, that the real fundamental thing that has bothered most of hagel's fellow republicans here, former colleagues here, is the way that he defied his party, defied his president, then george w. bush, on iraq, and that really did not sit well with many republicans here, and they remember that. it's a whole bunch o
so dana, is chuck, is the blockage of chuck hagel's confirmation because of benghazi, as lindsey graham illustrates or is it because of something else? >> reporter: it is mostly because of chuck hagel. benghazi was, they sort of have been on a crusade to get more answers for benghazi and like you see many, many times here in the senate, they saw chuck hagel and his nomination as a way to use that as leverage to get answers and they did, they got an answer about what the president's role...
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republicans including john mccain, lindsey graham and lamar alexander said yesterday afternoon on the senate floor that while they would vote against cloture this week, they would be willing to allow nomination to move forward when congress returns after the recess. quote, i think it is efficient period of time to get answers to outstanding questions would be in effect, said senator mccain. both the senate and the house are not in the next week taking a break for the presidents' day recess. we will again bring live coverage of the senate's pro-forma session that will get underway at noon eastern on c-span2. as always you can see the house live right now on the companion network, c-span. army chief of staff general raymond odierno is at the brookings institution today. he will be talking about the impact of the sequestration of the army and its future mission in afghanistan and around the world. he will have his remarks live on c-span2 starting in about 20 minutes at 11 a.m. eastern. in the meantime, wednesday defense secretary leon panetta told what could be his final press conference
republicans including john mccain, lindsey graham and lamar alexander said yesterday afternoon on the senate floor that while they would vote against cloture this week, they would be willing to allow nomination to move forward when congress returns after the recess. quote, i think it is efficient period of time to get answers to outstanding questions would be in effect, said senator mccain. both the senate and the house are not in the next week taking a break for the presidents' day recess. we...
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lindsey graham made some great points yesterday, and i hope he'll stand by those. he's a good man. he just needs to stand by what he said. if we'll do that, we will help make the world a better place and we'll show the country true bipartisanship. and with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back his time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. gohmert: i move that the house do now hereby adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. aaccordingly, pursuant to house concurrent resolution 15, 113th congress, the house stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on monday, february 25, 2013. >> the house is now out for the presidents day break. the house will be back on monday, february 25, and we will have live coverage on c-span. in a minute we will take you back to the capitol where nancy pelosi will call on congress to stay in session to address citgo station. we will take
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also republicans block president obama's pick for defense secretary with senator lindsey graham saying he will hold up hagel's nomination. they are the big talkers on fox news sun, and chris wallace joins us with a preview. good morning. >> good morning. before i start, let me ask you a question. where did the president go for valentine's day dinner last night? >> i don't know. >> let me tell you, i was taking lorraine, mrs. wallace, out to dinner downtown, and we went past his street, and it was completely blocked off. so i know where he was having dinner. i mean, i know what street, but i don't know what restaurant. >> i have breaking news, mini bar. i was told he was at mini bar. >> very expensive. >> uh-huh. i'm surprised you weren't there too, chris. >> i wasn't there. we had a lovely dinner at fiola's, which i can highly recommend. >> i love it. unfortunately, the news of the day does prevail. we have to talk about what's going on in the hagel nomination. seems to be a temporary block. a lot of wrangling on the hill. >> i think he's going to get through. congress is on a break fo
also republicans block president obama's pick for defense secretary with senator lindsey graham saying he will hold up hagel's nomination. they are the big talkers on fox news sun, and chris wallace joins us with a preview. good morning. >> good morning. before i start, let me ask you a question. where did the president go for valentine's day dinner last night? >> i don't know. >> let me tell you, i was taking lorraine, mrs. wallace, out to dinner downtown, and we went past...
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i have been watching john mccain and lindsey graham for as long as i can remember. they are despicable hypocrites. it is unbelievable how american people cannot go back and look of their voting records, the eight years when george bush was in office, and see how many times they voted for his policies. it blows my mind with allies and hypocrisies. dealing with chuck hagel? the man as a combat a veteran. this man has seen combat, seen people die, and understand the value of life -- the only thing these guys can win about is his personal statements and his international view on the nation of israel. if i was in the middle east, i would feel highly insulted and put aside that everytime something comes up, israel is the only state over there that has america with any concern. the only thing they talk about this man about is his statements on israel. what -- what he is saying is true is about israel. the only thing they can hold against him is what he says about israel. israel is its own country about nuclear -- and country with nuclear weapons. -- own country with nuclea
i have been watching john mccain and lindsey graham for as long as i can remember. they are despicable hypocrites. it is unbelievable how american people cannot go back and look of their voting records, the eight years when george bush was in office, and see how many times they voted for his policies. it blows my mind with allies and hypocrisies. dealing with chuck hagel? the man as a combat a veteran. this man has seen combat, seen people die, and understand the value of life -- the only thing...
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jop mccain and lindsey graham said yesterday they vet to vote for cloture when they come back. they had that time. whether you buy that argument or not. >> what did they gain by putting this off for 10 days? >> the thing is you have to realize from the very beginning, these conservative outside groups and republicans who oppose chuck hagel have understood that they are unlikely to mount a successful long-term offensive against him, that he is eventually going to be confirmed. so what's the point of opposing him at all? the point is to weaken him, to prevent him from being an effect i have secretary of defense once he gets to the pentagon and to make his term a short one. >> bill: well, couldn't it play the other way in the sense that, look, i think chuck hagel is a great man. i have always admired chuck hagel like i used to once admire john mccain and bob kerry as a democrat for the same reasons. they are independent, and weren't bound to their party. they put the good of the nation above the party, willing to buck their party when they thought their party was wrong, like bob k
jop mccain and lindsey graham said yesterday they vet to vote for cloture when they come back. they had that time. whether you buy that argument or not. >> what did they gain by putting this off for 10 days? >> the thing is you have to realize from the very beginning, these conservative outside groups and republicans who oppose chuck hagel have understood that they are unlikely to mount a successful long-term offensive against him, that he is eventually going to be confirmed. so...
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. >> me thinks, though, carl bernstein is really funny that john mccain or lindsey graham would call someone disagreeable at times. is that just me? >> i'll let you say that. i wrote the original cover story for "vanity fair" on john mccain in 1999. and part of the institutional history here is the john tower nomination, which is the other nominee for secretary of defense who was rejected by a partisan democratic witch hunt on grounds that john tower was a womanizer and drank too much. now, those might be somewhat accurate or might not be. but whatever the case, it was a very personal fight like this one. in this case, chuck hagel who we all know how smart he can be, how effective hean be, was awful. in his hearing. and he simply was not prepared. and it gave ammunition for yet another outrageous partisan dragging through the mud and also the question of israel once again making the republican argument that somehow israel is really the likud party, bibi netanyahu, the so-called american jewish lobby is united behind netanyahu and likud when, in fact, israel is a country that's divide
. >> me thinks, though, carl bernstein is really funny that john mccain or lindsey graham would call someone disagreeable at times. is that just me? >> i'll let you say that. i wrote the original cover story for "vanity fair" on john mccain in 1999. and part of the institutional history here is the john tower nomination, which is the other nominee for secretary of defense who was rejected by a partisan democratic witch hunt on grounds that john tower was a womanizer and...
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john mccain, row wicker, lindsey graham. they all did it. senator graham says he does not want his filibuster today to be thought of as a filibuster even though that's what it is. he says he prefers to think of what he did is blocking the nomination because he wants to use it as leverage to get more information out of the administration on the president's birth certificate, i'm sorry i mean aliens in area 51. i'm sorry. i mean his thoughts about what happened in benghazi. what does hagel know about benghazi? nothing. he had nothing to do with it. but lindsey graham is filibustering his nomination over it anyway. since chuck hagel had nothing to do with it substantively, why block his nomination instead of, say, the john kerry nomination which sailed through the senate? don't know. why not? wrecking stuff is fun, maybe? hulk smash. the guy who the republicans waited to spring this on for the first time in our nation's history to break all precedent is a former republican senator from a red state, a decorated and wounded combat veteran nominat
john mccain, row wicker, lindsey graham. they all did it. senator graham says he does not want his filibuster today to be thought of as a filibuster even though that's what it is. he says he prefers to think of what he did is blocking the nomination because he wants to use it as leverage to get more information out of the administration on the president's birth certificate, i'm sorry i mean aliens in area 51. i'm sorry. i mean his thoughts about what happened in benghazi. what does hagel know...
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and you have people like lindsey graham and john mccain who claim to be patriots who care about the pentagon and claim to care about the military, but yet they're really showing a lot of pique here. if we don't get what they want out of the administration on a completely separate issue they're going to penalize. they're going to penalize the pentagon. and that just to me is really not mature. it's not playing grown-ups. it's just using political leverage for your own hobbyhorse. and this is an issue that the president and others should try to take to the public -- >> my point in this is it could have been avoided. this is what elections are about. you get to be in a position to chait rules of the senate. you can't worry about the next senate. that's how i view it. and what could happen. the rules of the senate are not as important as running the country when we've got some critical issues -- >> i think that's a perfectly legitimate position to take, ed. and you know, i see it from both sides. but you know, harry reid decided not to go nuclear, which this would have been. and you know, that h
and you have people like lindsey graham and john mccain who claim to be patriots who care about the pentagon and claim to care about the military, but yet they're really showing a lot of pique here. if we don't get what they want out of the administration on a completely separate issue they're going to penalize. they're going to penalize the pentagon. and that just to me is really not mature. it's not playing grown-ups. it's just using political leverage for your own hobbyhorse. and this is an...
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graham? why are they leading the charge to screw the nomination? >> it's because he's petrified he's too moderate to win the republican nomination for senate in 2014 in south carolina, and so he's desperately moving to the right. for a lot of other republicans, they feel like if they can drag this out longer and longer, that maybe some shoe will drop, there will be some scandal, something they haven't unearthed that will destroy this nomination. in the meantime, we don't have the person who is supposed to be secretary of defense going to a very, very important summit next week in europe because it's being held up on this fishing expedition. >> i was listening to kelly's report there, and it squares with everything i have been able to figure out. but they keep changing the question. first of all, there was legitimate questions on the republican side and by the american people what happened at benghazi, why couldn't we go to the aid of those people, and christopher smith included, who were unde
graham? why are they leading the charge to screw the nomination? >> it's because he's petrified he's too moderate to win the republican nomination for senate in 2014 in south carolina, and so he's desperately moving to the right. for a lot of other republicans, they feel like if they can drag this out longer and longer, that maybe some shoe will drop, there will be some scandal, something they haven't unearthed that will destroy this nomination. in the meantime, we don't have the person...